Folding display card



Jan. s, 1929. 1,698,664

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UNITED STATES 1,698,664 PATENT FFICE.

HENRY ZIEMMERMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLD'OIS, ASSIGNOR T0 CHICAGO CARDBOARD COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOLDING DISPLAY CARD.

Application led June 15, 1925.

This invention relates to a display card for advertising purposes, exhibits and the like, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a new and improved folding display card made of one piece or sheet of material with cuts or incisions defining connected parts that may be extended with respectto each other to simulate a theater-stage with arched front, side wings and background, and said integral parts foldable one upon another for compactness in shipping. A further object of the invention is to provide simple and effective means for locking and holding the back part and wings of the stage structure with respect to the front part thereof, as well as to increase the stability of the arched front; all as hereinafter particularly described and specifically set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure l is a front elevation of a display card in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof;

Figure 3 is a top plan view, the parts belng disposed in extended or open position;

Figure 4 is a perspective of the display card in folded or closed position; and

Figure 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4. l

The main purpose of my inventlon, hereinafter fully described, is to present a d1splay card having the general appearance of a miniature theater stage with background, side wings and front, al1 or any parts of which may be provided with suitable figures, reading matter or the like, to attract att/ention thereto, or may be adorned with pictures or illustrations to represent portions of a small stage in which figures or objects of various kinds may' be disposed to simulate a stage scene, said display card in the present instance being so cut or formed from a single sheet of material, as cardboard, as to economize in the amount of material used, and is made foldable so that it can be arranged in compact form for shipment, certain attachments being applied to increase the stability of the structure-when arranged to simulate a theater-stage--without affecting the adaptability of the several integral parts to be folded compactly.

In carrying out my invention I employ for the main parts of the display card a single sheet of material, such as cardboard, and provide said sheet with cuts or incisions through Serial No, 37,215.

the material and fold lines thereon to form a back plate l, side face plates 2 and 3, and connecting wings 4 and 5, the upper part of the side plates being connected to each other to form an arch over the stage opening when the wings and background are extended rearwardly from said side plates and arch forming the front of the stage structure. A projection 6 of each side plate may be cut out of each of the wings 4 and 5 to form ornamental extensions of said front plates at opposite sides of the stage opening, and it will be noted that the top of the back plate is spaced from the face plates 2 and 3, while the upper edges of the side wings 4 and 5 are formed adjacent to the back plate with notches 7 to receive bracing members hereinafter referred to. In order to form the arch from the material extending between the upper part of the face plates 2 and 3, a portion of said material which is left intact after cutting or making the incisions to form the wings and background is cut out or removed and the two meeting edges brought together on the line 8, as shown in Figure l, that is to say when the incisions are made in the body of the sheet of material to form the wings and background between the side plates and below the connecting portion which is to form the arch. a part of the latter is cut out or removed so that the wings and back may be extended rearwardly from the side plates, the cut out portion being preferablyK removed from the center of said connecting portion so that the meeting edges 8 will be located at the center of the arch. The meeting edges of the arch may be and preferably are held together by a back plate 9 pasted or otherwise attached thereto at the rear side thereof to hold them in rigid position, thereby strengthening and stiening the upper or arched portion of the display card.

Attached to the upper part of the inner side of the front plates 2 and 3 are locking members or braces 10, each having a rearwardly extending portion with a notch 1l therein adapted to engage with the notch 7 of the adjacent wing, so that when the display card is unfolded with several integral parts in extended position the two wings 4 and 5 will be engaged by said locking members for holding the wings and back plate in proper position with respect to the arched front of the display card.

In the outer face of the arched portion of the front of this display card are fold lines 12 which adapt both side wings 2 and 3 to be folded over frontwardly on the back 1 together with the corresponding bracing members 4: and 5, the disposition of said fold lines being such as to permit of the desired folding when the locking wings 10 are disengaged.

By the construction of display card herein shown and described it will be readily seen that it can be folded upon itself to occupy a space no wider than the-width of the back plate l, and no higher than the height of the device itself, with the several parts lying close together one upon another, and in this compact form the device is easily packed for shipment for it will occupy a minimum of space. To set up the device it only requires that the background and wings be unfolded from the front of the stage structure and the locking members will swing out to engage the notches of the side wings 4 and 5. rIhis operation is so simple that it will be accomplished automatically in separating the front and back of the stage structure inasmuch as the arrangement of the wings and bracing members is such that the latter will ride over the upper edges of the wings as they assume their open position.

I claim:

l. A folding display in the form of a miniature stage setting comprising a single sheet of material having a front portion with a central arched opening and a back portion offset therefrom and connected to the front portion by side wings, the back and side wings being formed from the material from the opening in the front of the stage and remaining connected thereto at the sides, and locking members attached to the back of the front portion and extended to engage the wings for holding the parts in distended position.

2. A folding display comprising a single sheet of cardboard forming a miniature stage consisting of a back plate and spaced front plates connected at the sides, an arched top portion connecting the front plates and wings forming a part of and connecting the rear plate with the front plates at the sides only, the arched top having a portion cut therefrom and the remaining cut edges permanently connected to shorten it, the back plate and wings being formed from the material cut from below the arc-hed portion between the front plates, and a plain stiffening back plate attached to the rear faces of the connected arch portions to form a permanent connection.

3. In a folding display comprising a single sheet of cardboard to resemble aminiature stage, an arched front plate with a central cut out, the material from which forms an offset plate at the rear of the front plate connected thereto by laterally inclined wings, the arch of the front plate having a portion thereof removed and the remaining edges brought together and permanently connected in the same plane to provide for the inclination of the side wings in osetting the rear plate from the front plate.

et. In a folding display comprising a single sheet of cardboard, a back plate and an arched front plate, the material from below the arch forming a back plate and lateral wings connecting the inner edges of the cut out front plate with the outer sides of the back plate and forming the only connection between the plates, and means attached to the back of the front plate for engaging the connecting wings to hold the b-ack and front plate relatively in spaced position.

5. In a folding display card, an arched front plate with a portion of the arch cut therefrom and the remaining edges connected together, and a back plate formed from the.

material below the arch and offs-et from the cut-out portion and connected thereto by unitary wings at the sides, the arched portion being provided with fold lines to permit each of the sides thereof and the corresponding` wing to be folded over forwardly.

6. A folding display card comprising an arched front plate and a rear plate formed of the material below the arch and connected to the arched cut-out at the sides only by inclined wings, the arched portion being formed with fold lines to permit the sides thereof to be folded forwardly, and locking members attached to the rear face of the arched member at the sides thereof, and the locking members and the said connecting wings having interengaging means for locking the arched portion of the rear plate together in spaced relation.

7. A folding display card comprising an arched front piece with a lower central cutout portion, the cut-out forming a back plate and two angular wings connecting it to the sides of the front plate, the whole simulating the appearance of a small stage, the upper portion of the arch having a portion cut-out therefrom and the two edges secured together to provide the additional material for offsetting the rear plate from the front plate, and locking members secured to the sides of the front plate adjacent to the top of the connecting members for the rear plate, the said wings and locking members being provided with cooperating notches by means of which the side wings are engaged and held with respect to the arched front plate, thereby holding the back plate in spaced position with respect to the front plate.

8. A foldable display card in the form of a miniature stage setting comprising a single sheet of material having cuts or incisions to form or define a background and wings of a stage in connection with a front presenting side plates to which the wings are integrally connected and an upper portion extending between said side plates, a part of the upper portion of the front being cut away and the remaining edges permanently joined to present a plain arch when the background and Wings are extended rearwardly from the front and a plain back plate secured to the rear faces of the upper portions of the arch and extending across the joint between them for holding them permanently joined and in alignment.

9. A foldable display card in the form of a miniature stage setting comprising a single sheet of material having cuts or incisions to form or dene a background and wings of a stage in connection with a front presenting side plates to which the wings are integrally connected and an upper portion or strip of material extending between and in the plane of said side plates, and scored lines at the juncture of the wings to the side plates and background for convenience in extending the parts with respect to each other in forming the stage setting, a part of the upper portion or connecting strip of the ront being cut away and the remaining edges thereof connected to form a plain arch of the joined extensions of the side plates.

10. A foldable display card in the form of a miniature stage setting comprising a single sheet of material having cuts or incisions to form or dene a background and wings of a stage in connection with a front comprising side plates to which the wings are integrally connected and an upper portion or strip betweensaid side plates, a part of said strip of material being cut away to provide extensions between the side plates adapted to meet and form a plain arch when the background and wings are extended rearwardly from the front, and means at the top of the arch and invisible from the front of the stage setting permanently conn-ecting said extensions of the arch together.

1l. A foldable display card in the form of a miniature stage setting comprising a single sheet of material having cuts or incisions forming or delining a background and wings of a stage in connection with a front comprising side plates to which the wings are integrally connected and an upper portion or strip between said side plates, a part of said strip of material being cut away to provide extensions between the side plates adapted to meet and form a plain arch when the background and Wings are extended from the front, and bracing members extending rearwardly from the front to engage the wings.

12. A folding display card in the form of a miniature stage setting comprising a single sheet of material having cuts or incisions forming or defining a background and Wings of a stage in connection with a front comprising side plates to which the wings are integrally connected and an upper portion or strip between said side plates, a part of said strip of material being cut away to provide extensions between the side plates adapted to meet and form a plain arch when the background and wings are extended from the front, notches in the upper edges of the wings, and bracing members extending rearwardly from the front and having notches to interlock with the notches in the wings.

13. A oldable display card in the form of a miniature stage setting comprising a single sheet of material having cuts or incisions forming or defining a background and wings of a stage in connection with a front comprising side plates to which the wings are integrally connected and an upper portion or strip between said side plates, a part of said strip of material being cut away to provide extensions between the side plates adapted to meet and form a plain arch when the background and wings are extended from the front, and vertical scored lines in the extensions from the side plates to provide for folding the partsl forwardly one upon another.

HENRY ZIEMMERMAN. 

